Alex Milan Durie
@amkdurie.bsky.social
Multimedia journalist, writer & photographer
Work featured in The Guardian, Al Jazeera, TIME Magazine, The Financial Times, The Economist, Reuters, Rolling Stone & more
👁 on MENA, Mediterranean, culture, migration, and human rights 🌐
www.alexdurie.com
Work featured in The Guardian, Al Jazeera, TIME Magazine, The Financial Times, The Economist, Reuters, Rolling Stone & more
👁 on MENA, Mediterranean, culture, migration, and human rights 🌐
www.alexdurie.com
Pinned
Two-page spread in the latest issue of TIME Magazine 🌟
I wrote about the true story behind Oscar-nominated Brazilian film I'M STILL HERE (Ainda Estou Aqui) -- how it's pushing people in Brazil to reckon with the horrors committed during the dictatorship and view parallels with the far-right today 🇧🇷
I wrote about the true story behind Oscar-nominated Brazilian film I'M STILL HERE (Ainda Estou Aqui) -- how it's pushing people in Brazil to reckon with the horrors committed during the dictatorship and view parallels with the far-right today 🇧🇷
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All the footage included in this video has been taken by RSF forces themselves.
I am raising funds on behalf of Ghaima Initiative to support the relief effort. All links in my bio.
#KeepEyesOnSudan #Sudan
I am raising funds on behalf of Ghaima Initiative to support the relief effort. All links in my bio.
#KeepEyesOnSudan #Sudan
October 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
All the footage included in this video has been taken by RSF forces themselves.
I am raising funds on behalf of Ghaima Initiative to support the relief effort. All links in my bio.
#KeepEyesOnSudan #Sudan
I am raising funds on behalf of Ghaima Initiative to support the relief effort. All links in my bio.
#KeepEyesOnSudan #Sudan
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Important and detailed analysis on the extent of looting and cultural heritage destruction in the Sudanese Civil War and the heroic work done to document the destruction and protect Sudan's heritage. Also reveals that this year a list has finally been drafted of known looted antiquities from Sudan.
October 20, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Important and detailed analysis on the extent of looting and cultural heritage destruction in the Sudanese Civil War and the heroic work done to document the destruction and protect Sudan's heritage. Also reveals that this year a list has finally been drafted of known looted antiquities from Sudan.
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Prominent Egyptian Blogger and Activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah Released from Prison
Prominent Egyptian Blogger and Activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah Released from Prison
Prominent Egyptian blogger Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been released from prison along with several other prisoners following the announcement of presidential pardons on Monday in Egypt.
www.democracynow.org
September 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Prominent Egyptian Blogger and Activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah Released from Prison
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Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza.
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
July 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza.
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
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@kshams.bsky.social gives a close and highly critical reading of English PEN’s charter.
“Politics is Everywhere.” A Close and Highly Critical Reading of English PEN’s Charter
First, an apology. I was asked by English PEN to respond to any line, phrase or word from the 4 articles that make up the PEN Charter—and I’m afraid I’ve taken up this offer in the manner of a gues…
buff.ly
June 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
@kshams.bsky.social gives a close and highly critical reading of English PEN’s charter.
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To be clear: no one should bomb a hospital, for any reason, ever.
But for Israel to label Iran “terrorist tyrants” after missiles hit a hospital in southern Israel is shameless hypocrisy from the demented regime
Israel has attacked 600 hospitals since Oct 7
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
But for Israel to label Iran “terrorist tyrants” after missiles hit a hospital in southern Israel is shameless hypocrisy from the demented regime
Israel has attacked 600 hospitals since Oct 7
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Israel-Iran conflict live: hospital in southern Israel ‘extensively damaged’ by Iran missile strike
Netanyahu says ‘terrorist tyrants’ carried out attack on Soroka hospital; Israel attacks Arak heavy water reactor, Iranian state media reports
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 7:26 AM
To be clear: no one should bomb a hospital, for any reason, ever.
But for Israel to label Iran “terrorist tyrants” after missiles hit a hospital in southern Israel is shameless hypocrisy from the demented regime
Israel has attacked 600 hospitals since Oct 7
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
But for Israel to label Iran “terrorist tyrants” after missiles hit a hospital in southern Israel is shameless hypocrisy from the demented regime
Israel has attacked 600 hospitals since Oct 7
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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On Day 250 of Laila Soueif’s hunger strike to free her son, read this powerful reflection by her sister – and Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s aunt – the writer Ahdaf Soueif. #FreeAlaa
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
Ahdaf Soueif | Day 250
In a Facebook post from 2012, Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who had just spent time in Tora prison, south of Cairo, begs us not to...
www.lrb.co.uk
June 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM
On Day 250 of Laila Soueif’s hunger strike to free her son, read this powerful reflection by her sister – and Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s aunt – the writer Ahdaf Soueif. #FreeAlaa
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
The EU & Greece are pushing to open a massive migrant camp in the middle of a highly flammable pine forest in Lesvos.
My latest story examines the environmental harm of this move and of the EU's border policies.
For @contextnewsroom.bsky.social with Goldy Levy
www.context.news/socioeconomi...
My latest story examines the environmental harm of this move and of the EU's border policies.
For @contextnewsroom.bsky.social with Goldy Levy
www.context.news/socioeconomi...
On Greece's Lesbos, new migrant camp sparks wildfire fears | Context by TRF
An EU-funded centre for migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos has angered locals, who fear wildfires in a protected area
www.context.news
June 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The EU & Greece are pushing to open a massive migrant camp in the middle of a highly flammable pine forest in Lesvos.
My latest story examines the environmental harm of this move and of the EU's border policies.
For @contextnewsroom.bsky.social with Goldy Levy
www.context.news/socioeconomi...
My latest story examines the environmental harm of this move and of the EU's border policies.
For @contextnewsroom.bsky.social with Goldy Levy
www.context.news/socioeconomi...
Alaa Abd el-Fattah's "incarceration has become a test case for British diplomacy in Egypt—a test that Britain has largely failed." @samknightwrites.bsky.social
Laila Soueif is now dying in hospital in London after 245 days on hunger strike. It's time to #FreeAlaa
www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Laila Soueif is now dying in hospital in London after 245 days on hunger strike. It's time to #FreeAlaa
www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
A Mother’s Hunger Strike Challenges Two Nations
Laila Soueif’s effort to free her son, Alaa Abd el-Fattah, a British citizen, from an Egyptian prison is a study in personal protest.
www.newyorker.com
June 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Alaa Abd el-Fattah's "incarceration has become a test case for British diplomacy in Egypt—a test that Britain has largely failed." @samknightwrites.bsky.social
Laila Soueif is now dying in hospital in London after 245 days on hunger strike. It's time to #FreeAlaa
www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Laila Soueif is now dying in hospital in London after 245 days on hunger strike. It's time to #FreeAlaa
www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
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Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi has won the Palme d’Or at #Cannes2025 for It Was Just an Accident.
@amkdurie.bsky.social featured the film in our guide to the best titles from the Middle East and north Africa. Read it here→https://hyphenonline.com/2025/05/23/cannes-best-film-mena-region-palme-dor/
@amkdurie.bsky.social featured the film in our guide to the best titles from the Middle East and north Africa. Read it here→https://hyphenonline.com/2025/05/23/cannes-best-film-mena-region-palme-dor/
May 25, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi has won the Palme d’Or at #Cannes2025 for It Was Just an Accident.
@amkdurie.bsky.social featured the film in our guide to the best titles from the Middle East and north Africa. Read it here→https://hyphenonline.com/2025/05/23/cannes-best-film-mena-region-palme-dor/
@amkdurie.bsky.social featured the film in our guide to the best titles from the Middle East and north Africa. Read it here→https://hyphenonline.com/2025/05/23/cannes-best-film-mena-region-palme-dor/
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The #Cannes2025 film festival’s 78th edition closes this weekend with standout films from Joachim Trier, Richard Linklater, Jafar Panahi and others.
Read Alexander Durie’s roundup of the best Arab and north African titles.
hyphenonline.com/2025/05/23/c...
Read Alexander Durie’s roundup of the best Arab and north African titles.
hyphenonline.com/2025/05/23/c...
hyphenonline.com
May 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The #Cannes2025 film festival’s 78th edition closes this weekend with standout films from Joachim Trier, Richard Linklater, Jafar Panahi and others.
Read Alexander Durie’s roundup of the best Arab and north African titles.
hyphenonline.com/2025/05/23/c...
Read Alexander Durie’s roundup of the best Arab and north African titles.
hyphenonline.com/2025/05/23/c...
For WeTransfer / @wepresent.bsky.social, I wrote about the photography of Myriam Meloni and the political, social, and environmental role of Morocco's "grands taxis," specifically the Mercedes 240D 🇲🇦 wepresent.wetransfer.com/stories/myri...
WePresent | Myriam Meloni celebrates the lasting life of Morocco’s “grands taxis”
Photographer Myriam Meloni celebrates the vital role of the Mercedes 240D in rural Moroccan life
wepresent.wetransfer.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
For WeTransfer / @wepresent.bsky.social, I wrote about the photography of Myriam Meloni and the political, social, and environmental role of Morocco's "grands taxis," specifically the Mercedes 240D 🇲🇦 wepresent.wetransfer.com/stories/myri...
When Reform and the Tories form a coalition and get outstanding results at the next General Election, let's not act surprised, when there's front pages like this by @observeruk.bsky.social & @tortoisemedia.bsky.social -- marking a clear attempt by media to push the far-right into the mainstream.
May 5, 2025 at 8:43 AM
When Reform and the Tories form a coalition and get outstanding results at the next General Election, let's not act surprised, when there's front pages like this by @observeruk.bsky.social & @tortoisemedia.bsky.social -- marking a clear attempt by media to push the far-right into the mainstream.
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an entire people is being deliberately starved to death
In Gaza, World Central Kitchen @wck.org is among the last organizations still able to cook meals. The IDF has shut all crossings to shipments, including humanitarian relief. We are now nearing the end of our supplies—and the limits of what’s possible.
mailchi.mp/wck/4-23-25-...
mailchi.mp/wck/4-23-25-...
GAZA UPDATE | WCK among last organizations still cooking
mailchi.mp
April 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
an entire people is being deliberately starved to death
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"the Israeli government instead chose to break the ceasefire... Israel’s soul is being ripped out and we, members of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, fear for the future of the Israel we love"
A brave letter:
www.ft.com/content/6a50...
A brave letter:
www.ft.com/content/6a50...
Letter: As British Jews we can no longer stay silent on the war in Gaza
From Harriett Goldenberg, Baron Frankal, Sophie Hasenson, Robert Stone and others
www.ft.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
"the Israeli government instead chose to break the ceasefire... Israel’s soul is being ripped out and we, members of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, fear for the future of the Israel we love"
A brave letter:
www.ft.com/content/6a50...
A brave letter:
www.ft.com/content/6a50...
4 people are to be deported by Germany for participating in pro-Palestine protests as part of 🇩🇪's crackdown on 🇵🇸 solidarity.
They are citizens of the US, Poland & Ireland and have not been convicted of a crime.
2 of these 4 are trans.
By @hahauenstein.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2025/03/31/g...
They are citizens of the US, Poland & Ireland and have not been convicted of a crime.
2 of these 4 are trans.
By @hahauenstein.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2025/03/31/g...
Germany Turns to U.S. Playbook: Deportations Target Gaza War Protesters
Four Gaza protesters in Germany are set for deportations despite objections from an immigration official that none were convicted of crimes.
theintercept.com
April 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
4 people are to be deported by Germany for participating in pro-Palestine protests as part of 🇩🇪's crackdown on 🇵🇸 solidarity.
They are citizens of the US, Poland & Ireland and have not been convicted of a crime.
2 of these 4 are trans.
By @hahauenstein.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2025/03/31/g...
They are citizens of the US, Poland & Ireland and have not been convicted of a crime.
2 of these 4 are trans.
By @hahauenstein.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2025/03/31/g...
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Not to be a wide-eyed naïf about such things but... am I right in thinking that they levelled an entire building to get to one guy and *that* is not controversial to anyone in the American media or political class, only that this information was recklessly shared in an unsecured chat?
March 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Not to be a wide-eyed naïf about such things but... am I right in thinking that they levelled an entire building to get to one guy and *that* is not controversial to anyone in the American media or political class, only that this information was recklessly shared in an unsecured chat?
For @theguardian.com, I went to Alexandria in Egypt, which is 1 of 7 sinking cities in the world due to rising sea levels.
Heba Khamis and I spoke with fishermen to understand the city's bond with the Mediterranean Sea and the threat of climate change in Egypt 🇪🇬
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Heba Khamis and I spoke with fishermen to understand the city's bond with the Mediterranean Sea and the threat of climate change in Egypt 🇪🇬
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘I trust my eyes, not the forecast’: Alexandria is sinking. Why don’t local fishers believe it?
The ancient Mediterranean city is at risk as sea levels rise. But most people in the vulnerable fishing village of El Max believe it will always weather the storms of time
www.theguardian.com
March 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
For @theguardian.com, I went to Alexandria in Egypt, which is 1 of 7 sinking cities in the world due to rising sea levels.
Heba Khamis and I spoke with fishermen to understand the city's bond with the Mediterranean Sea and the threat of climate change in Egypt 🇪🇬
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Heba Khamis and I spoke with fishermen to understand the city's bond with the Mediterranean Sea and the threat of climate change in Egypt 🇪🇬
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Alexandria, Egypt is one of the world’s sinking cities, so are Venice, Miami, Lagos, Jakarta. The IPCC predicts that with global sea levels rising at the current rate, thousands of km of the Nile delta could be fully submerged by 2100. @amkdurie.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘I trust my eyes, not the forecast’: Alexandria is sinking. Why don’t local fishers believe it?
The ancient Mediterranean city is at risk as sea levels rise. But most people in the vulnerable fishing village of El Max believe it will always weather the storms of time
www.theguardian.com
March 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Alexandria, Egypt is one of the world’s sinking cities, so are Venice, Miami, Lagos, Jakarta. The IPCC predicts that with global sea levels rising at the current rate, thousands of km of the Nile delta could be fully submerged by 2100. @amkdurie.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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For the past few months, I’ve been working on a story that was set to reveal this week one of the biggest bottlenecks to our clean, electrified future. Then on Thursday night, it blew up.
Not my story, but the very thing—transformers—I was reporting on. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Not my story, but the very thing—transformers—I was reporting on. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Heathrow Shutdown Shows How Electrified World Depends on One Device
A shortage of transformers is causing delays to power projects everywhere, holding trillion-dollar industries hostage—and that was before tariffs.
www.bloomberg.com
March 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
For the past few months, I’ve been working on a story that was set to reveal this week one of the biggest bottlenecks to our clean, electrified future. Then on Thursday night, it blew up.
Not my story, but the very thing—transformers—I was reporting on. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Not my story, but the very thing—transformers—I was reporting on. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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NEW: Hossam Shabat’s Last Article
Filed hours before his killing in an Israeli airstrike, journalist
Hossam Shabat describes the resumption of Israel's scorched earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun.
Translated through tears by Sharif Kouddous
dropsitenews.com/p/hossam-sha...
Filed hours before his killing in an Israeli airstrike, journalist
Hossam Shabat describes the resumption of Israel's scorched earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun.
Translated through tears by Sharif Kouddous
dropsitenews.com/p/hossam-sha...
Hossam Shabat’s Last Article
Filed hours before his killing in an Israeli airstrike, journalist Hossam Shabat describes the resumption of Israel's scorched earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun.
dropsitenews.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
NEW: Hossam Shabat’s Last Article
Filed hours before his killing in an Israeli airstrike, journalist
Hossam Shabat describes the resumption of Israel's scorched earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun.
Translated through tears by Sharif Kouddous
dropsitenews.com/p/hossam-sha...
Filed hours before his killing in an Israeli airstrike, journalist
Hossam Shabat describes the resumption of Israel's scorched earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun.
Translated through tears by Sharif Kouddous
dropsitenews.com/p/hossam-sha...
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French researcher, going to a conference in Houston, was forbidden entry to US; his work and personal electronics were both confiscated.
Why? Because a “random search” of his cell phone revealed a negative personal opinion on Trump and the Trump administration. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
Why? Because a “random search” of his cell phone revealed a negative personal opinion on Trump and the Trump administration. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
Etats-Unis : un chercheur français refoulé pour avoir exprimé « une opinion personnelle sur la politique menée par l’administration Trump »
Le ministre de la recherche a dit sa « préoccupation », mercredi, après cette décision des autorités américaines. Le chercheur du CNRS aurait subi un contrôle aléatoire à son arrivée, avant que son or...
www.lemonde.fr
March 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
French researcher, going to a conference in Houston, was forbidden entry to US; his work and personal electronics were both confiscated.
Why? Because a “random search” of his cell phone revealed a negative personal opinion on Trump and the Trump administration. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
Why? Because a “random search” of his cell phone revealed a negative personal opinion on Trump and the Trump administration. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
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In his first official statement, one that had to be dictated over the phone because he continues to be held in ICE custody, US greencard holder Mahmoud Khalil pens a MUST-READ letter.
"Justice escapes the contours of this nation’s immigration facilities." www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
"Justice escapes the contours of this nation’s immigration facilities." www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
March 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
In his first official statement, one that had to be dictated over the phone because he continues to be held in ICE custody, US greencard holder Mahmoud Khalil pens a MUST-READ letter.
"Justice escapes the contours of this nation’s immigration facilities." www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
"Justice escapes the contours of this nation’s immigration facilities." www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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Let this sink in.
The lawyers of US greencard holder Mahmoud Khalil have not been able to have A SINGLE PHONE CALL with their client since he was arrested on Saturday night. Today, the court had to order that Khalil be allowed calls.
This is not normal. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/u...
The lawyers of US greencard holder Mahmoud Khalil have not been able to have A SINGLE PHONE CALL with their client since he was arrested on Saturday night. Today, the court had to order that Khalil be allowed calls.
This is not normal. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/u...
Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil will remain in ICE detention in Louisiana after first court hearing | CNN
Prominent Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil will remain in an ICE detention facility in Louisiana for now following a procedural hearing in New York, days after he was arrested by federal officials ...
www.cnn.com
March 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Let this sink in.
The lawyers of US greencard holder Mahmoud Khalil have not been able to have A SINGLE PHONE CALL with their client since he was arrested on Saturday night. Today, the court had to order that Khalil be allowed calls.
This is not normal. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/u...
The lawyers of US greencard holder Mahmoud Khalil have not been able to have A SINGLE PHONE CALL with their client since he was arrested on Saturday night. Today, the court had to order that Khalil be allowed calls.
This is not normal. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/u...
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The details are disturbing. It basically looks like a kidnapping. They even got his legal status wrong but proceeded to detain him anyway. The agents didn’t even identify themselves at first and refused to show a warrant.
His wife is 8 months pregnant
His wife is 8 months pregnant
NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Says Advocates
Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.
zeteo.com
March 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The details are disturbing. It basically looks like a kidnapping. They even got his legal status wrong but proceeded to detain him anyway. The agents didn’t even identify themselves at first and refused to show a warrant.
His wife is 8 months pregnant
His wife is 8 months pregnant